Operating Your Tablet PC 2-9
Term Action
Point Move your finger or pen on the touchscreen until the
cursor points to the selection on the screen.
Click Tap gently anywhere on the touchscreen.
Double-click Tap twice on the touchscreen rapidly.
Drag and
drop
Press lightly on the touchscreen and move your finger or
pen until you reach your destination (drag). Finally,
release your finger or pen (drop) when you finish dragging
your selection to the destination. The object will drop into
the new location.
Scroll To scroll is to move up and down or left and right in the
working area on the screen.
To move vertically, place your finger or pen on the right
edge of the touchscreen and slide your finger or pen up and
down along the edge. To move horizontally, place your
finger or pen on the bottom edge of the touchscreen and
slide your finger or pen left and right.
This function works only after you install the touchscreen
driver supplied with the computer and it may not work for
all applications.
TABLE NOTE: If you swap the left and right buttons, “tapping” on the
touchscreen as an alternative method of pressing the left mouse button will no
longer be valid.
Configuring the Touchscreen You may want to configure the touchscreen to suit your needs. For
example, if you are a left-handed user, you can swap the two buttons
function of the left mouse-control button on the wireless keyboard so that
you can use the right mouse button as the left mouse button and vise
versa. You can also change the size of the on-screen pointer, the speed of
the pointer, and so on.
To configure the touchscreen, you can use the standard Microsoft or IBM
PS/2 driver if you are using Windows. However, you can install the
touchscreen driver supplied with your computer to take advantage of
more powerful features. (For information on installing the driver, see
Chapter 6.)